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09 Feb 2013, 12:37posted on

Saturday is launch day for the Microsoft Surface Pro, the Wintel version of Microsoft's tablet and the device sold out at Microsoft's online store in the United States just hours after being made available; for the moment, the 64GB version of the tablet remains available to be purchased although the Canadian version of the Microsoft Store still has the 128GB model in stock...

It's an amazing tablet compared to the IOS/Android, this tablet destroys both in capabilities because it can run EVERYTHING your desktop can and it is much much more powerful, the i5 powering it is better than anything you will see in android tablets for years and they use solid state drives so everything loads instantly.

Yoo buddy Windows 8 has been tested by Professionals who are not Microsoft FANBOYS and they found out that it is actually better than Windows 7 period the problems is too many people are addicted to using the OLD desktop. they wont give the
Modern UI screen a chance!

Yeah I'm stuck on the desktop because that actually worked. I wanted to stream a video and then use the hdmi out to send it to my tv. On windows8 they apparently don't allow the hdmi out work on the desktop. No problem, I figured I'd view the video through the Modern UI's web browser. Nothing. Apparently the codecs aren't the same between the desktop and the Modern UI, and with MS disabling hdmi out for the desktop on windows8, it made it useless to watch the video on my tv. This was with an HP Envy laptop bought last November. Ridiculous considering the Envy series is tailored for entertainment.

Wanna know what worked? My old Asus laptop running Vista. VISTA! They're shiny new OS has less functionality than a previous OS that the majority consider the worst out of all iterations of Windows. I knew when I went to get a new laptop I should've gotten one with windows7. They've always said every other version of windows was good (Win 98, XP, & Win7 were good; Win ME, Vista were bad). To me Win 8 continues that tradition. They should try to enhance their mobile devices, not dumb down their desktops to be more like their mobile devices. If the Modern UI doesn't at least have the same or better functionality as the desktop, I consider that a failure.

Just my opinion I know, but consumers are who buy their product and if they're not satisfied they need to rethink what they're doing.

Win8 is virtually the same as Win7 behind the scenes, except that the new version is slightly faster, and has the metro style touch screen interface. You need to do some research, since it's most likely your own lack of knowledge preventing you from taking full advantage of the OS...

lack of knowledge that's funny just making a desktop work like a tablet is not good a idea and a i5 eats up battery life in tablet oh just because some one doesn't like that s**tty metro sexual doesn't make for a lack of knowledge maybe when they comes out with a cpu that has the same power as i5 and needs half the juice then win8 will rock but as for desktop { not } needs more work

I agree with you up to a certain extent mate, the Galaxy note 10.1 does have a quad core exynos processor that any other processors out there in tablets, and it can also run everything your desktop can, including dropbox support, but overall I'd surely choose this tablet over any iTablet and tablet made by a non exynos processor

I think this is what a lot of people are missing. The Surface is a tablet. The Surface Pro is a full fledged touchscreen "laptop/ultrabook" that has a touchscreen and OPTIONAL keyboard. Don't want the keyboard? Don't use it, heck, just don't buy it, or don't attach it. The touchscreen can do everything the keyboard/touchpad would be able to do if you want. IT isn't meant to compete directly with an iPad. It is meant to be the compromise between the tablet (which won't run most apps) and your laptop (which will run just about anything you want).

I had an ASUS Transformer TF101 and I had an MSI Wind 12. Each had their uses, and the Wind did what I needed it to do as far as a laptop is concerned. The transformer had the portability I needed and the space-saving I wanted.

The Surface Pro brings me the perfect mesh of those two things. It isn't perfect for everyone, but for what I would use, it is more than I need, in the package I want, at a Price that is reasonable for its power.

Already have an uninformed, unhelpful flame comment. Guess we had a 50/50 shot between an Android or iOS fanboy posting some hate first. For shame...

I'm stuck in NE so no getting mine until tomorrow. At least I know no one else up here could beat me to the store to get one. I'll be making my trip to a store to get a 128GB version tomorrow. I was too slow for online purchase.

Not shocking they sold out of that model quickly online. Initial reports point to a total stock of about a million units for launch, counting both storage sizes. Figure that was split between store stock and online orders for Microsoft, Best Buy, and Staples (all 128GB models sold out on all sites) and it's not shocking that after stocking retail stores a very limited amount was left for online purchase.

Still good news for Microsoft that there is clearly some demand for the Surface pro, but we'll have a better idea of what that actually pans out to once a few months go by and the initial rush passes.

I would wait for Haswell i7s with GT3 before buying one of these, I am waiting the complaints of the people that buy this then Intel will announce Tablets powered by Haswell i7s with GT3 later this year and they will complain because haswell will have much better battery and GT3 is equal to a gddr3 gtx 650.

"If the Pro can have a good experience with eBooks, media players, streaming media, games....it might be the best all around tablet."

MS MAY have happened upon a new market segment. IF the Pro can have a good experience as you mention AND can do the desktop thing in a form factor a little less chunky, they may have a compelling value proposition. I am waiting to see what v. 2.0 looks like. Me thinks a minimum entry point is in the Core i7 territory.

I think an i5 is fine in this instance. It's aimed to compete directly with the MacBook Air and Ultrabooks, which use i5s at the $900-$1000 price-point. It does needs to be tweaked for use in laptop mode, though. From reviews of both the RT and the Pro, one downside is the kickstand doesn't make it easy to use as a laptop, which could be easily fixed (from what I can tell) with a Touch Cover with a modified hinge.

They are a big screen extensions and.. thats the point! That's what they offer!
It means a desktop grade browsing, much easier document editing, some real productivity with Wacom digitizers, fantastic movie watching experience, great strategy and MMORPG gaming...and even some serious work can be done with a non windows tablet.

err and lol you know MAC book Air also comes with 87GB space free put of 128GB and besides removing recovery files from Pro gets u 98Gb free more and thats proved now no theories and u definitely waste money on ipads and droid tabs which are useless in real life rather just big fat stretched phones this one is pretty good for the job it does and u are pretty fool with zero knowledge about thing u bashing its resolution is HD 1920×1080 not RT one. get a life and use Google search

yes for ur last part i meant real work dont revolve around office of documents it goes beyond that i Bet no other tablet ipads or androids can be used for developing stuff or even games u play on same thing come out of ipad and droid tab tiny world surface is admit-ably more productive even in office where i use C . orcad or other stuff i can do it on surface if i had it though :\

Wow folks some the Previous comments are wrong 1=price the Microsoft Surface Pro has the same specs as some ultra books Ultra books sell for over 1000 dollars. 2=screen resolution is the surface Pro is 1080 and there are a lot of 10.1 inch HDTV screen Tablets that have less resolution. 3= Windows 8 is a bad OS= wrong.tests have shown it is better than windows7 but many People dislike the Modern UI Tiles Start screen.4=The Surface pro is a bad.Laptop replacement Microsoft says it's a tablet never said it was laptop replacement. The bottom line to me after using a Surface Rt and studying it's design and the design of the Microsoft Surface Pro is folks the best use for the surface Pro with ether of it's 2 combination Cover and keyboards is to Use it as a portable Computer. It excels in that role because you can carry the Surface pro any where and put on a table or Desk and start computing with the power of a full PC. the surface Pro needs a stiff strong Keyboard dock with an exta battery inside it to be a good Tablet Laptop convertible.

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Have to say I'm pretty surprised, the surface pro got some pretty harsh reviews from a lot of tech blogs. Congrats MS, though I wonder how big the stock was online? Perhaps another nexus 4 case were they only had a small supply.

I bought 64GB version as the 128 was sold out. I have been on Android ever since android originated both phone and tablet. Currently I have the Galaxy GS3 and Kindle HD. You can read all the reviews and say what you want but when the dust settles, this thing is awesome, period! I am not going to run through a laundry list of good and bad here. All I will say is, if you need a tablet or a computer and can afford it, BUY IT! You will not be sorry.

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